1 Chronicles 15:1

1 He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it.

1 Chronicles 15:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 15:1

And David made him houses in the city of David
With the help of the masons and carpenters Hiram sent him, ( 1 Chronicles 14:1 ) , the royal palace is meant, with all the apartments in it, which were many and large, as so great a family he had required, and with all the out houses to it necessary for his servants, and their offices:

and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent;
see ( 2 Samuel 6:17 ) .

1 Chronicles 15:1 In-Context

1 He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it.

2 Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God, but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.

3 And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.

4 And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites.

5 Of the children of Caath, Uriel was the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty.